badgering
/ˈbædʒərɪŋ/
noun
- The act of repeatedly asking or pestering someone in an annoying or persistent way.
- The child's constant badgering for a new toy wore down his parents.
- After hours of badgering, she finally agreed to go to the party.
- The journalist's badgering of the politician made the interview uncomfortable.
verb
- Present participle of badger; to pester or annoy someone persistently.
- Stop badgering me with questions while I'm trying to work.
- He kept badgering his sister to let him borrow her car.
- The salesperson was badgering customers as they walked by the store.